âI knew if I said, âI grew up in a council flat, just me and my mum, we had nothing. My mumâs had cancer, I thought I was going to be orphaned and out and on my own,ââ people would be like, âSo what? Sob story, heâs just making it upâ.â

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The singer, runner-up to Little Mix on the ITV1 show, added: âI didnât want to do that. It had nothing to do with anything.

âIt just made me work harder but so what? Everyone works hard. So I was very conscious not to do a big sob story.â

Instead, the 23-year-old Liverpool lad focused on explaining to his grandparents he was gay.